The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Blogs, News Releases, Online Video, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly

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John Wiley & Sons, Dec 31, 2009 - Business & Economics - 304 pages
A completely revised and updated edition of the BusinessWeek bestseller on effective, modern marketing and PR best practices

The New Rules of Marketing and PR shows you how to leverage the potential that Web-based communication offers your business. Finally, you can speak directly to customers and buyers, establishing a personal link with the people who make your business work.

This new second edition paperback keeps you up-to-date on the latest trends.

  • New case studies and current examples are included to illustrate the very latest in marketing and PR trends
  • Completely updated to reflect the latest marketing and PR techniques using social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube
  • Includes a step-by-step action plan for harnessing the power of the Internet to communicate directly with buyers, increase sales, and raise online visibility
  • David Meerman Scott is a renowned online marketing strategist, keynote speaker and the author of World Wide Rave, from Wiley

The New Rules of Marketing and PR, Second Edition gives you all the information you need to craft powerful and effective marketing messages and get them to the right people at the right moment-at a fraction of the price of a traditional marketing campaign.

 

Contents

The Old Rules of Marketing and PR Are Ineffective
3
Public Relations and ThirdParty
9
Contents
19
Reaching Your Buyers Directly
25
Think Like a Publisher
31
Social Media and Your Targeted Audience
37
Tapping Millions of Evangelists to Tell Your Story
57
The Four Uses of Blogs for Marketing and
63
How to Write for Your Buyers
151
Learn to Ignore the Old Rules
159
Social Networking Sites and Marketing
173
The New Rules of Marketing and
184
15
193
Video and Podcasting Made Well as Easy
207
How to Use News Releases to Reach Buyers Directly
217
Your Front Door
227

Do You Allow Employees to Send EMail?
69
Audio and Video Drive Action
75
The New Rules of News Releases
85
The Web Helps Audiences Catch the Fever
93
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107
More Art Than Science
114
Yes the Media Are Still Important
119
Press Releases and the Journalistic Black Hole
141
BricksandMortar News
239
Search Engine Marketing
249
Advice from the Company President
261
Acknowledgments for the Second Edition
271
About the Author
280
The New Rules of Social Media book series
287
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DAVID MEERMAN SCOTT is an award-winning marketing strategist, conference speaker, and seminar leader. He is the author of World Wide Rave and the editor of The New Rules of Social Media series, also from Wiley.

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